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Carling Cup Surprises

The biggies are all still alive (Arsenal, Man Utd, Chelsea, Liverpool), but Tuesday’s Carling Cup action saw a couple of big upsets, the most startling being Man City’s penalty shootout loss to League One team Brighton. All the goals came late in the game, with Fernandes Gelson netting the first in the 64th minute and Stephen Ireland scoring the last to tie it up in the 108th minute. Brighton ended up winning 5-3 on penalties when goalkeeper Michel Kuipers stopped Michael Ball’s spot kick and Matthew Richards nailed one past Kasper Schmeichel.

Aston Villa were ousted by Championship side Queens Park Rangers (QPR) 1-0. Villa had a number of good chances, many off of play by the continual bright spot which is Ashley Young, but they were unable to convert, allowing QPR to secure victory on a 58th minute goal by Damion Stewart.

Elsewhere, Tottenham edged Newcastle 1-2, essentially kicking them while they were down, and Chelsea routed Portsmouth 0-4, handing Pompey its second wipeout defeat in as many games. Everton also got the boot at the hands of Blackburn, 1-0, as Martin Olsson and Robbie Fowler combined nicely, leading to Olsson’s first goal for Rovers.